Zacklin, Ralph Keywords: South West Africa | Mots clefs: Sud-Ouest africain | ABSTRACT Ralph Zacklin proposes in this course the aspects of international law to provide an overview of the situation of Namibia. The author points out that Namibia, which is sparsely populated and has an inhospitable climate, would have been independent for a long time, if its subsoil were not so rich in diamonds, uranium, and other metals and if it did not have such a long coastline. In the fir…